Device for preparing horses&#39; hoofs for shoeing.



' M. B. HAYWOOD.

DEVICE FOR PREPARING HORSES HOOFSFOR'SHOEING.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 31,1909.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

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' To all whom it may concern:

UNITED sfrArns MATTHEW 3'. HAYWOOD, o

PATENT OFFICE.

F RICHMOND, ARKANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909;

Application filed J u1y 31, 1909. Serial No. 510,544.

Be it known that I, MATTHEW B. HAY- woon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Little River and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Devices for Preparing Horses Hoofs for Shoeing, of. which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a device for preparing horses hoofs forshoeing.

The main ob 'ectof my invention is. to produce means whereby the necessity of holding the horses hoof with the hands while preparing the same for shoeing may be avoided.

' A further object of my invention is to provide means for filing said .hoof when the same is held in the desired position.

\Vith these and other objects in view my invention, consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts as are hereinafter fully described in this specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part'thereof and particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to'the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of my invention illustrating the use for which it is adapted. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the same.

In the embodiment illustrated, the device comprises an upright supporting frame. 1 consisting of the corner posts 2, the transverse beams 3 and the longitudinal beams 4.

Rotatably mountedloy means of the-bearings' 5 is the transverse shaft 6 provided with the cranks 'Z. Keyed to one end of said shaft is a fly wheel 8, while secured to. the opposite end is a crankhandle- 9.

Rotatably held to 'the' forward posts 2 by means of the brackets 10 providedw-ith the bearings 11,.isa crankshaft 12,- provided with the cranksl3 and 14. A vertical rod 15, which is slidably held in the bearings 16formed integral with the brackets 17, 1s rovided with a file 'or roughened portion wardly slanting rods 23.

8. The lower end of said rod 15 'connec ted to said crank 1-1 by means of a coupling 19. Power is transmitted from said shaft (3 to said shaft 12 by means of the connecting rods 20.

A support, for the purpose of holding the hoof in place while it is being trimmed, consists of a concave plate 21 secured to the horizontal rods 22 and braced by the down- It will be seen that the concavity of said' plate 21. may be varied to conform to various sizes of hoofs,

animals being shod.

Of course it is understood that the file 18 which will depend upon the nature of the may he of any size desired and the teeth 18" thereon may be varied according to the nature ofthe work to be done and further.-

more I may exercise the right to make such changes in the general construction, com-- binationand arrangement of the several parts as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and which fall within the scope of the claim hereunto a pended.

1 What I claim as new and esire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the class described, an upright supporting frame, a crank shaft mounted for rotation thereon, means for the rotation thereof, a second crank shaft rotatably mounted to the forward part of said frame, means for the transmisslon of power from the first-mentioned shaft to said secondmentioned shaft, a reciprocating rod mounted to the forward part of said frame, 'coupling meansbetw'een the said reciprocating rod and said second crank shaft, said rod being provided with a file, means for-the support of an animalshoof so that it will come into contact with said file, said 'means comprising a concave plate.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, in presence Of two witnesses.

MATTHEW n. HAYWOOD. lVitnesses W. I. JOYNER, J. F. RHODES. 

